6.1% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2016: 11.4%
- 2021: 6.1%
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
Eva Valley · Suburb / Locality
Work across the area — who is in the labour force, in which industries and jobs.
Daily life in Eva Valley is shaped by a small workforce and a high rate of unemployment. Only 53.8% of adults are working or looking for work, which is well below the national figure. This makes it a place where far fewer people are employed compared to most other similar areas.
Employment, participation and unemployment.
Just over half of adults (53.1%) have full-time jobs, a figure that is far below the Northern Territory average. The unemployment rate is 6.1%, which is much higher than in most other similar areas.
6.1% —
Higher than 78% of suburb / locality areas.
Unemployed people as a share of the labour force (aged 15+).
53.8% —
Lower than 71% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who are in the labour force.
53.1% —
Lower than 74% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of employed people who worked full-time.
The industries that employ local workers.
Education and training is the most common industry at 18.4%, followed closely by agriculture, forestry and fishing at 16.3% and mining at 10.2%.
The kinds of jobs people do.
About a quarter of workers are managers, making it the most common role. Other frequent occupations include clerical and administrative work (14.3%) and machinery operators and drivers (12.2%).
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Jobs & Industry in Eva Valley [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL70096/eva-valley/topic/employment